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Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune (湾岸ミッドナイトマキシマムチューン)is a series of racing games developed and published by Namco for the arcade. These games are based off Michiharu Kusunoki's Wangan Midnight manga/anime series.

Before these games were released, Namco released the first video game, Wangan Midnight, in arcades on February 2, 2001. That same year, on December 20, Wangan Midnight R was released.

Wangan Midnight
The main objective in the Wangan Midnight and Wangan Midnight R and Maximum Tune is your the main player and you have to beat all the characters and cars, even the Devil Z and Blackbird driven by Akio and Tatsuya from the manga and anime. The first game in the series, ''Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune, was released in July 2003 to arcades only. This game followed by another sequel, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2, on April 2005. The third installament Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 was released on July 18, 2007 in the arcade, with a sequel to the original game following on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable platforms. The updated version, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 DX, was released on December 16, 2008. The PS3 and PSP games were re-released in 2008 under the "Genki The Best" label. Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 DX PLUS was released in March 4, 2010. The fourth and latest installament, Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4, was released in December 15, 2011 and run by an upgraded version of the System N2, called System ES1A2. The majority of Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune racing games featured music soundtracks composed by Yuzo Koshiro. On release, Famitsu magazine scored the first PlayStation 2 version of the game a 30 out of 40. February 2, 2001: Wangan Midnight (Arcade (System 246)) December 20, 2001: Wangan Midnight R (Arcade (System 246)) March 21, 2002: Wangan Midnight (PlayStation 2) July 6, 2004: Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune (Arcade (Chihiro)) April 21, 2005: Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2 (Arcade (Chihiro)) July 5, 2007: Wangan Midnight (PlayStation 3) July 18, 2007: Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 (Arcade (System N2)) September 2, 2007: Wangan Midnight Portable (PlayStation Portable) December 16, 2008: Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 DX (Arcade (System N2)) March 4, 2010: Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 3 DX PLUS (Arcade (System N2)) 2011: Wangan Midnight: C1 Runner (Mobile phone) December 15, 2011: Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 4 (Arcade (SystemES1A2))